While we were in Lusaka the kids went to visit an urban Zambian home. Then while in the bush we take the kids to a village so they can see the differences in the two. This particular village is very big and the picture above just shows a portion of it. Amai Mwanza meets us at our van and then takes us to her house where she puts out a reed mat on the ground and asks us to sit. She then goes around and greets us all and shakes our hands. She allows us to see inside her one room hut. The kids each take turns taking off their shoes at the door and preceding inside to have a look. Amai Mwanza then takes us on a walk around the village. We stop and greet everyone we come upon. We also see lots of animals while we are walking-pigs, goats, cows, and chickens. This field trip helps the kids to know about village life so that during their homestay they will know what to expect.
Every time we go to this village the headman has not been at home. However, this time he was at home and invited us all in to sit and talk. As you can see from this picture we accumulated lots of other kids which followed us around. They were all invited in to his home. We introduced ourselves and told where we were serving. He asked us what was our reason for coming and one of the children told him, "to tell others about Jesus." He also taught the kids what the job of the headman was. As we were leaving we asked him if we could take a picture with him and he agreed. He is to the right of Kym. His name is Abambo Zulu and he is in his eighties. This was a real honor for us to be able to meet the headman of this village.
walking through the village
This is the mother of one of our camp staff. She was very happy we had come to visit her. She sang and danced for us after she had greeted us. She then taught us how to play a game that they play. It was like what we call Hop Scotch.
Several of the kids took a try. This is Hannah taking her turn.
In this village there is one place that the women go to pump their water. Many will go to this place at least 4-5 times a day to pump enough water for their family. As we passed by the pump there were several needing water so our kids took turns pumping it for them. Zoe, who just turned 5 even pumped some.
two of our little followers
Kym has been helping us with the school for several sessions. She has become the expert pig catcher.
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